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Yesterday, Thursday February 9, 2017 Actor Matt Damon confirmed to the press that his longtime friend, actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney are pregnant with twins. George Clooney told Matt Damon last fall while Matt Damon was on the set of the movie “The Great Wall”. The couple have been married for almost three years. The twins are the first babies for the Clooney’s. Amal Clooney’s due date is on June 2017.

Picture on the left: Kylie Minogue; Picture on the right: Kylie Jenner

On April 2014, reality star of the show “Keeping up with the Kardashians” Kylie Jenner filed a trademark request for her name “Kylie” but the Australian singer Kylie Minogue was opposed to Jenner’s trademarking of “Kylie”. Minogue sent the office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark a list of explanations about why Jenner’s application should be denied. As of last week Kylie Jenner’s request was denied. Jenner has filed an appeal to the ruling.

On Sunday, February 5, 2017, actress Jamie Lynn Spears’ daughter Maddie was involved in an ATV accident on their family property in Louisiana. She “was steering the ATV to avoid running over a drainage ditch near a pond on the family property in Louisiana when she “overcorrected” and caused the vehicle to enter the pond, a police report on the incident obtained by ET on Monday reveals” (Bueno). Maddie was trapped underwater inside the vehicle by the seatbelt and the ATV safety netting. The Acadian Ambulance helped rescue her out the vehicle and they transported her to a nearby hospital. Jamie Lynn and her husband Jamie Watson were nearby when the accident occurred. Maddie is in stable but critical condition.

On Wednesday February 1, 2017 singer Beyonce announced on her Instagram, that she is pregnant with twins. Her post is the most liked on Instagram with a total of 9,279,823 likes. With this announcement people are now wondering if she will still be able to perform at the Coachella Music Festival this coming April. Some of the music executives from the Coachella Music Festival (AEG Live) were unaware of her announcement until she posted on Instagram.

On Thursday February 2, 2017 department store chain Nordstrom decided to drop the Ivanka Trump brand from its stores. The department store chain decided to drop her line due to low sales. Nordstrom however is still selling a few of Ivanka Trump shoes on their website. Due to Ivanka Trump’s father’s (now President Donald J. Trump) 2016 presidential campaign, her sells have dropped. People decided to stop buying Ivanka Trump products.

On Friday January 27, 2017 rapper Nicki Minaj whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj filed a police report because $200,000 worth of items were stolen from her home. “In addition to stealing the items, someone reportedly vandalized other areas in her house, including breaking picture frames, damaging perfume bottles and cutting up some of the hip-hop star’s clothes” (Sblendorio). Nicki Minaj was not present when the break in occurred at her home.

Rapper Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested on Wednesday, January 26, 2017, for robbery and assault. The police arrested Chief Keef and four other people in connection with the robbery. Chief Keef and four other people are suspected of breaking into Chief Keef’s former manager, “Ramsay Tha Great”, home and stealing cash and a Rolex. Chief Keef was booked yesterday and has a $500,000 bail.

Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested on Wednesday, January 26, 2017 at an anti-Trump rally. He was charged with a misdemeanor assault and harassment. “LaBeouf and a 25-year-old anti-Trump protester got into a verbal exchange in front of the Museum of the Moving Image. Police say LaBeouf pulled on the man’s scarf, scratching his face while doing so, according to Antonetti (Burnside).” He was released from police custody at 4am on the following day. On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 he is due back in court to face the misdemeanor assault charge.

This past weekend the main news people are buzzing about is the number of people that attended Trump’s inauguration. Donald J. Trump became the President of the United States on January 20, 2017. It appeared that Trump did not have nearly the amount of people at his inauguration compared to President Obama in 2009. President Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused the Press of fabricating pictures that made it looked like a fewer people attended Trumps inauguration. The main mystery to this puzzle is whether the media or Trump’s camp telling the truth.

Watch out Emma Stone! Ellen Degeneres reveled on her show that she was the film’s first choice for lead actress. The talk show host featured a mock featurette of the movie starring Ryan Gosling and herself as the two lead actors. Her editors have done a great job in producing yet another mock featurette supposedly starring Degeneres! She is always putting smiles on people and we love her for that! La La Land is now playing in theaters across the country! Go see it!